Topic: Poll - How old were you when dx with BC

Mar 4, 2009 12:42 AM Waldmeister001 wrote:

20 first DX

25 stage IV

Mar 4, 2009 05:21 AM hopefor30 wrote:

Diagnosed at age 47 with DCIS intially -- final pathology after lumpectomy showed 3mm tubular -- Stage 1 - currently age 49 -1.5 years post diagnosis and on tamoxifen....

Very sad to see how many started as stage 1 and progressed.....

M.

Mar 4, 2009 06:54 AM KiminJax wrote:

I decided to look at this one again this morning and it is appalling that so many of us (majority) were dx'ed around lat 40 - 50.  That is way too young.  Even though we know that cancer doesn't really discriminate based on age, we need to learn what is permiating our lives now to cause onset of this disease so much earlier in just one or two generations.  My grandma was in her 70's my mom late 60's, me at 47 and we know my daughter is braca2.  It seems like there is more that we could do as an advocacy group than just running/walking for money.  I don't have the answer but I'm not really sure we have the attention we need from the NIH, etc.  Good luck to everyone in your jouney and thank goodness for this blog.  Kim

Mar 4, 2009 02:29 PM 009Anna wrote:

I was 44

Mar 4, 2009 05:15 PM clanzillotta wrote:

52 original dx mets to bone

Mar 4, 2009 05:55 PM navygirl wrote:

I was 42...it was only my second mamogram...they had pulled me back in for my first one for a second look but then said there was nothing to worry about...I guess that depends on who is doing the worrying? The cancer was in the same spot on the films as the first thing they saw.

Mar 4, 2009 10:15 PM sherryw wrote:

DX at 40     I always did my monthly exams,  Did one in Dec 04 no lump.  Then I had a bad shoulder and had to use my other hand to help roll myself over in bed and when I did that i felt the lump clear my right side of my breast almost under my arm.,  That was Feb 05 went to doctor the next morning and found out I had BC.  So my tumor grew fast, it was not there in December but it was 2 cm in Feb.  Going to get a small lump out March 20th and get it sent for a biopsy to check on it but we think it is scar tissue ,  But it will look better to me in a jar.

Mar 6, 2009 11:50 AM, edited Mar 6, 2009 11:51 AM by REKoz

Mom- 3 years ago at 77

Me- 2 weeks after my 53rd b-day. Tested Brac neg,

Something I forgot to ask genetic counselor. Maybe someone can help. Mom adopted, no family med history known. Since I was Brac neg, does that def. mean my girls are? If not that gene, I am convinced there's some as yet not identified genetic component. Onc. said my girls should have a baseline MRI (not mammo) at 30.

These ages and stats are HORRIBLE!

Ellen

Mar 6, 2009 12:31 PM SandyInNj wrote:

39, stage 1

I have a daughter who's 23 who also wants nothing to do with BRCA testing.  She's been told to get her first mammogram 10 years earlier than my diagnosis, which would be at 29 y/o...she promised she'll do that, but she doesn't want to know her risk, can't say I blame her though.  But mammo's failed to find my cancer (found by U/S only), so not really a whole lotta help for those of us with dense breasts.

Hoping this 40-to-get-your-first-mammogram crap comes to an end and is replaced by earlier and much more sensitive testing so that young women can get diagnosed earlier than what they are.

Mar 6, 2009 02:52 PM Squirrel80 wrote:

24 first dx - stage IIIa

26 - lung mets - stage IV

Mar 6, 2009 10:24 PM swimfan wrote:

43 Stage 2...(mammo did not show 4.6cm ILC) 45 Stage? 1 possible met to spine and 3 nodes (1 proven supraclavicular and 2 posible axilla)

Mar 7, 2009 06:51 AM ead wrote:

I was 38 for orignal dx

46 dx with bone mets

Mar 15, 2009 02:55 AM jazzme24 wrote:

gud pm guys, i really just need your advise, last january i had operated 2 fibroadenomas in both breast, then after th operation the doctor gave me anti biotic w/c is gud for a week, then med for pain, after that i stop after 2 weeks i went for a long trip coz of my work, anf after that i felt too much back pain, likewise the part where operaion takes place, its been a month now but still the pains still there, im just woried is it possible that its not yet healed th einside part of teh breast?do i need to take a rest ist,coz eveyday i travel,and do i need to drink again my anti bioic mdicine coz i stop drinking it aftr 1 week of operation, thank you so much... jazzme

Mar 15, 2009 01:21 PM, edited Mar 15, 2009 01:22 PM by TrustingHim

Mar 16, 2009 12:56 PM nanasheri wrote:

I was 34 when my first dx. 5o when we found mets.

My oncologist told my daughters to start have mammograms at 24, cos I had probably had it for 10 years before we found it.

nanasheri